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Tupelo CVB grants available for special events and festivals
TUPELO - The Tupelo Convention and Visitors Bureau opened its fiscal year 2025 matching grant program for event promotion. The goal for this program is to help fund the promotion of special events and festivals to draw in overnight visitors to Tupelo. Requests for marketing funds should be submitted to the TCVB by Sept. 25, 2024, for events that fall into the TCV’s 2025 fiscal year that runs ...
Investigation launched after truck found abandoned in Mississippi creek
Mississippi authorities are investigating after an abandoned truck was found stuck in a Mississippi creek. The Brookhaven Daily Leader reports that deputies from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to a potential incident Thursday morning on Zetus Road involving a blue Ford F-150 found in McCall Creek, just north of the former low-water bridge.
Mississippi’s summer drought impacts pastures, crops
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WJTV) – Close to half of Mississippi is in a moderate to severe drought. Mike Brown, the state climatologist and Mississippi State University (MSU) professor of meteorology said much of the northern two-thirds of the state has been fluctuating between drought and being okay. “The recent warm temperatures, lower humidity and lack of […]
Mississippi anglers can soon fish for Gag as season set to open
BILOXI, Miss. (WKRG) — Anglers in Mississippi can soon fish for Gag as the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced the opening of the recreational fishing season. MDMR said in a press release that the season for Gag (Mycteroperca microlepsis) will open in Mississippi territorial waters on Sept. 1, 2024, at 12:01 a.m. The season […]
Nov. elections will impact state’s shipbuilding industries
Nov. elections will impact state’s shipbuilding industries By Sid Salter Columnist As noted in prior writings on this topic, only Walmart employs more Mississippians than what Mississippians have since 1938 known as Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula (now formally Huntington Ingalls Industries) – but the pay and benefits for shipbuilding are far better for those 11,000 […] The post Nov. elections will impact state’s shipbuilding industries appeared first on The Panolian.
Booneville Police announce two more arrests in connection with mid-August homicide
BOONEVILLE, Miss. (WTVA) — The Booneville Police Department announced two more arrests in connection with a mid-August homicide. Police charged Marcus Woods, 24, of Winona, with one felony count of conspiracy to commit armed robbery. Police also arrested and charged an unnamed 16-year-old with marijuana possession. Their arrests relate...
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